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• By all means use sometimes to be alone.

  George Herbert

  Mean, Solitude, Use

  George Herbert, Christopher Harvey, George Gilfillan (1857). “The poetical works of George Herbert”, p.8

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• The tongue talkes at the heads cost.

  George Herbert

  Cost, Tongue

  George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.330

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• The goate must browse where she is tyed.

  George Herbert

  George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.317

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• Hunger makes dinners, pastime suppers.

  George Herbert

  Dinner, Hunger, Pastime

  George Herbert, Christopher Harvey, George Gilfillan (1857). “The poetical works of George Herbert”, p.317

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• Before you make a friend, eate a bushell of salt with him.

  George Herbert

  Friends, Salt

  "Jacula Prudentum; or Outlandish Proverbs, Sentences, &c. Selected by Mr. George Herbert". Book compiled by George Herbert et al., 1651.

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• Being on sea saile, being on land settle.
  [Being on sea, sail; being on land, settle.]

  George Herbert

  Sea, Land, Settling

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• There is more talke then trouble.

  George Herbert

  Trouble

  George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.328

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• The filth under the white snow, the sunne discovers.

  George Herbert

  White, Snow, Filth

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• Things well fitted abide.

  George Herbert

  Wells

  George Herbert, William Jerdan (1853). “The Works of the Rev. George Hebert”, p.383

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• There is great force hidden in a sweet command.

  George Herbert

  Literature, Force, Gentle

  "Beauties of Rev. George Herbert".

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• The death of wolves is the safety of the sheep.

  George Herbert

  Sheep, Safety

  George Herbert, Christopher Harvey, George Gilfillan (1857). “The poetical works of George Herbert”, p.325

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• Who gives to all, denies all.

  George Herbert

  Giving, Deny

  George Herbert (1841). “The remains of ... George Herbert”, p.140

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• The wine in the bottle does not quench thirst.

  George Herbert

  Wine, Doe, Bottles

  "Jacula Prudentum" by George Herbert, 1651.

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• In war, hunting, and love, men for one pleasure a thousand griefes prove.

  George Herbert

  War, Men, Hunting

  George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.326

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• Corn is cleaned with wind, and the Soul with chastening

  George Herbert

  Wind, Soul, Affliction

  George Herbert (1857). “Works: In Prose & Verse”, p.306

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• A beane in liberty is better then a comfit in prison.

  George Herbert

  Liberty, Prison

  George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.348

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• Gifts enter every where without a wimble.

  George Herbert

  George Herbert, Christopher Harvey, George Gilfillan (1857). “The poetical works of George Herbert”, p.321

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• Nothing dries sooner then a teare.

  George Herbert

  George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.348

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• All are presumed good till they are found at fault.

  George Herbert

  Justice, Faults, Found

  George Herbert (1861). “The Poetical Works of G. H. and R. Heber. With Memoir”, p.272

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• All is well with him, who is beloved of his neighbours.

  George Herbert

  Beloved, Wells, Neighbour

  George Herbert (1871). “The English poems of George Herbert, together with his collection of proverbs entitled Jacula prudentum”, p.221

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• Storms make oaks take deeper root.

  George Herbert

  Roots, Storm, Deeper

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• A handful of good life is better than a bushel of learning.

  George Herbert

  Good Life, Happy Life, Life Is

  George Herbert (1853). “The poetical works of George Herbert [and The synagogue, by C. Harvey.]. With life, critical diss., and notes, by G. Gilfillan”, p.292

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• Good & quickly seldome meete.

  George Herbert

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• Take heed of the wrath of a mighty man, and the tumult of the people.

  George Herbert

  Men, Wrath, People

  George Herbert (1841). “The remains of ... George Herbert”, p.188

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• Every mile is two in winter

  George Herbert

  Life, Winter, Two

  George Herbert (1836). “The works of George Herbert. containing Parentalia, the 2nd copy wanting the 1st sheet of vol.2].”, p.179

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